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— ----x--•JiENEFlCIAL HEAT.I#ast week for five days the government thermometer, that is presided over by Ernest Riste, registered atemperature that averaged 100 degrees, notwithstanding that the direct 1*ays ui the sun were siirouded bysmoke. Notwithstanding the intense heat people suffered no great iucon-venieuee owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and while it may savorof exaggerated fealty to the “bestclimate on earth” by stating that it remained eonfortable in the shade, it can safely be said that in the shade, on the breezy side of the obstruction that produced the shade, the weather was not oppressively uncomfortable. It has never been claimed that the summers in the valley were without warmth, and that winter clothing was a necessary part of every one’s wardrobe. for beat is necessary to perfectly develop and paint the blush upon the apple that has made the valley famous. W ithout the heat this would not he a fruit producing country, and we are willing to submit to the heat cheerfully in exchange for the perfect fruit that the heat makes possible. Ami why kick against a few days of extreme hot weather, anyhow? Evdn at the worst the torrid spell lasts only for a short time, and then we have the 1 recuperating advantage of comfortable nights that brings blessed sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care.” And those who have lived In the middle west and further east, and have sweltered both by day and night under the heat that punishes the inhabitants of these localities during the dog days can fully appreciate this climatic condition.---x---
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Oroville Weekly Gazette
Oroville, Washington, US
Fri, Aug 11, 1922
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